Yeah, the arthritis thing will diminish your physical prowess like you won't believe.At 55 I could still press 275 overhead and now I can't even press the 45 pound bar without a lot of pain and juggling it around.My girl friend has more strength in her hands than I can muster and has to open the jars of peanut butter.Still can pick up quite a bit from the floor but anything overhead or to the shoulder is problematical.Hurt my shoulder yesterday making a hard right turn and thought I was going to have to call for assistance.I used to laugh at the "old" guys griping about their aches and pains too.